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Originally Posted by irseg
Yes! That's what I was trying to say. It used to be "idiot" was a medical term that came to be considered offensive, then "retard" replaced it.
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Actually, no.
Retarded was the term.
"Retard" is a derogatory derivation of that original term. Retard was
NEVER considered acceptable, in the same way "spa" was never considered an acceptable description of "spastic".
Language evolves; we all agree that. Some words that were acceptable and contemporaneously appropriate have since fallen out of fashion. But some words always were, and always will be, simply offensive.
Please do not confuse the two.
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Once that became offensive it was "mentally handicapped", then THAT was no longer kosher so it became "developmentally challenged", and so on.
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I believe that mentally handicaped or mentally disabled are still acceptable. In most areas and certainly outside the US in anycase. The use of the term "developmentally challenged" is actually incorrect and would draw peals of laughter in many European countries.
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It's clear where this is going. Where do you draw the line? Coming up with new combinations of words won't solve a damn thing!
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By the way, my aunt quit her job that paid over twice as much because she wanted to get into social work, and she's been doing it for the past 10+ years. And as a lesbian, she has some experience with discrimination.
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Does she like being called a dyke, a carpet muncher, a bulldozer, a c*nt muncher, a faggot, etc etc?
I wonder.
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But it sure was interesting to see a good example of a stereotype against those who choose not to subscribe to the BS politically-correct term du jour.
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Huh?
Mr Mephisto